The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-24
Local and state Notes.

The Western Association of Passenger Agents
will meet in Chicago on June s.
The Cincinnati Southern will equip their new
furniture cars with the Wagner door and an i'm
proved coupler.
The rate committee of the Central Traffic As
ISOLATION hold meeting in Columbus, O., on
Thursday next
The American Express Company has opened
Office and appointed an agent at the depot on
Massachusetts avenue.
1t is little use for the L., n. A. & c. to haul
parlor cars on their day express trains and ex
pect the travelling public to patronize them when
the day coaches are In every way superior.
In building the cutoff on the eastern division
of the c., L., St l.. & G. road to enable the COM
pany to abandon the tunnel the road gets rid of
three or four ugly curves, and also shortens the
line.
The L., N A & C. road earned the second
week in May, $39, 657, increase over the earn
ings of the corresponding week of 1886 of So 753.
The road thus far this year shows an increase in
earnings of $751;, 1927.
A railroad man high in authority SAYS he has
good reasons for saying the National Railway
Commission will within few days give notice
that the suspension of the long and. short haul
clause will be rescinded July /.
The second meeting of the American Railway
Association OF Chemists convenes in Buffalo, N.
Y. to-day A large representation of those who
are interested in chemical work and the manu-
facture of railway supplies will be present.
The Wabash. the Chicago & Alton and the
Missouri Pacific each will have renresen tatives
here to-day prepared TO sell tickets between S..
Louis ana Ottawa, Kansas, round trip. at IS so.
The rate between Indianapolis and ST. Louis for
the round trip is 7.60.
The agents of the roads which composed tie
Indianapolis East bound Freight Association met
yesterday and wound up the affairs of the pool.
The local association. which includes all Indian
apols lines, continues in existence, and will
meet soon and elect chairman.
C. w. Fairbanks and others interested in the
Terre Haute d Peoria road arranging to
xnfSh H.
two. This company has recently added to its
power four frst-class Brooks locomotives, and is
now in shape to handle the increasing business
promptly.
road center. Articles of incorporation have just
been filed for road to be known the Northern
& Eastern Midland road, to run from Kankakee
to Joliet, capital stock 81. 600. 900. This road,
when completed, will be the fifth road running
into Kankakee.
The passenger men are beginning to let the
bars down Commissioner Daniels, by circular,
asks the roads in the Central Traffic Association
to vote on the question whether they shall meet
the reductions in rates roads il the same terri
tory out of the association are making-the New
York. Pennsylvania & Ohio, for instance.
The track of the Indianapolis & st. Louis for
eight miles through the American bottoms is
being raised fifteen inches the fill being made
with gravel which is hauled from Terre Haute
a distance of 150 miles When this improve
ment is completed the company will have
more trouble with the track during high water
times.
The Pennsylvania Company has adopted a sps-
cial rate particularly beneficial to theatrial COM
panies, but it is evidently the entering wedge for
a reduction to all classes of travel Parties of
forty people or more ticketed over their lines
at 2 cents per mile. Aside from this the Penn
sylvania Company is making low rates to many
pleasure resorts.
There is a good deal of complaint as regards
the hours that the passenger trains on the Cairo
& Vincennes road are run Their trains are few
and M
management will not allow passengers to ride on
local freight trains consequently it is impossible
to make more than town day. This is
driving the business from the road.
The Ohio Southern Railroad Company has
just awarded the contract for the building of
FIVE bridges of the most substantial pattern.
They are to be combination iron and steel struct-
ures. and 10 be in position within ninety days.
The heaviest class of consol engines
this road, which is soon to be a division of the
Columbus, Indianapolis & Western road.
The railroad ard express company officials say
that more fruits being shipped North this spring
than ever before The j.. Nj. & ]. road, in order
to meet the demand, have placed on their fast
passenger trains several express cars and they
are loaded every day. The IL o'clock train last
night brought an entire carload OF straw berries
consigned to Chicago wholesale houses. Nearly
all the fruit comes from the far South.
There are 'now six roads which bring lumber
into this market from the Michigan pineries,
consequently local lumber men enabled to
get very reasonable rates The Cincinnati Wa
bash q Michigan IS one or these roads, and to do
their per cent of the business their competitors
must conform about to the c., w. 81 M. rates.
which places the Indianapolis dealers in better
shape as regards rate matters than those of most
any other business point.
Only few weeks ago there was a feeling of
general CONSERVATION among members of asso-
Citations. lodges and societies and. in fact, all
sorts of organizations. who intended to hold con-
ventions, over the outlook for rates and at one
time it looked as if all persons would be obliged
to pay full fare wherever they went. This feel
ing is rapidly passing off, the railway COM
panies are showing liberal spirit in their con-
struction of the law, and any association of good
standing can now secure the usual concession in
rates
John +. Miller, general superintendent of the
Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, returned
yesterday from Burlington. Ia. where he went
to witness the brake tests. Some excellent rec
ords were made by the three principal competing
Westinghouse, the Eames. the
Carpenter The tests definitely settle that in long
trains the electrical appliances essential TO
operate the brake with the best results. The
record of service and emergency stops was high
equaled, while the record of tests regulating the
speed on down grade and stopping trains with
out shock also surpassed all previous tests.
An old freight ian said, yesterday. that it is
Just beginning dawn tho minds of the
of the Central Traffic Association
that it q great mistake to close the joint
offices at Indianapolis, Peoria, Cincinnati. and
otner railroad centers. these were the props